WARS, CONFLITS AND STRATEGY ON 1st FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 1, 2019
1662: In Taiwan, after a nine-month siege, the Dutch entrenched in fort Zeelandia surrender to Chinese General Koxinga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Zeelandia_(Taiwan)
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/320.html
1789: Chinese troops are driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long (Hanoi)
1942: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater, up to March 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalls%E2%80%93Gilberts_raids
http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Raids/USN-CN-Raids-1.html
1943: Japanese forces on Guadalcanal Island, defeated by Marines, start to withdraw after the Japanese emperor finally gives them permission
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-begin-evacuation-of-guadalcanal
1951: United Nations General Assembly declares China an aggressor country in Korea War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-n-condemns-prc-for-aggression
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1951/feb/01/korea-united-nations-resolution
1955: The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Manila (Seato)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization
1964: U.S. and South Vietnamese naval forces initiate Operation Plan (Oplan) 34A, which calls for raids by South Vietnamese commandos, operating under American orders, against North Vietnamese coastal and island installations
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-plan-34a-commences
http://ausvets.tripod.com/oplan34a.htm
1968: During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Vietcong officer with a pistol shot to the head. A famous picture that shocked the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrsw6m9UOY
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42864421
1984: China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations downed to chargé d’affaires level in May 1981 after the sale of submarines to Taiwan
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1530.html
1985: In Cambodia, Vietnamese forces launch a large scale offensive against Khmer Rouge
2002: Daniel Pearl, an American journalist kidnapped by Al-Qaida group is murdured in Karachi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1461368/Daniel-Pearl-refused-to-be-sedated-before-his-throat-was-cut.html
http://www.danielpearl.org/
2004: In a letter send to General Musharraf, the father of the Pakistani atomic bomb and national hero, Abdul Qadeer Khan, recognizes to have sell nuclear technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343621.stm
2010: Japanese officials lodged a formal protest after Russian coast guards fired on two Japanese fishing boats close to a group of disputed islands
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/02/20102124818998458.html
2018: Philippine security forces capture top Maoist guerilla leader following the failure of peace talks
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2131506/philippine-security-forces-capture-top-maoist-guerilla
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/01/18/baylosis-undergoes-inquest-after-arrest-in-qc
http://www.manilatimes.net/ndf-consultant-peace-talks-govt-arrested/377677/